UKStratCom Infra Portfolio Manager

UK Ministry of Defence; Corsham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The UK Ministry of Defence is seeking a pivotal team member for the Strategic Command Infrastructure Team. You will coordinate financial and infrastructure activities that support Defence capabilities and be instrumental in advising on financial management and planning within government principles.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Civil Service pension with employer contribution

25 days paid annual leave increasing with service

Learning and development opportunities

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Qualifications

• Understanding of the principles of Government Finance and In-year Financial Management.
• Familiarity with Built Infrastructure Delivery.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary interface between the Infrastructure Portfolio Function and Finance function.
• Coordinate timely submissions for various costing activities.
• Lead coordination of Infra Business Cases Approvals.

Skills

Understanding of Government Finance

Built Infrastructure Delivery

Job description

Eastbury, East of England, HA6 3HP : Neston, South West England, SN13 9ET

Job Summary

UK Strategic Command (UKStratCom) comprises of Defence Intelligence, Special Forces, Joint Force Development, Joint Medical Group, Defence Digital, Permanent Joint Headquarters and Chief of Staff with permanent bases both in the UK and overseas.

In a fast-paced environment you would be a pivotal member in a highly capable team supporting delivery of infrastructure to support Defence capability.

The UKStratCom Infrastructure Team acts as the focal point between HLBs and end-users on the one hand, and DIO and Fin Mil Cap on the other, to prioritise Strategic Command infrastructure requirements and work towards their timely delivery.

Strategic Command is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to improve the way the Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, all posts within Strategic Command Headquarters and in time the wider organisation, are/will be subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities. Throughout, the Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job Description

The role will act as the primary interface between the Infrastructure Portfolio Function and the Finance function. It fulfils the Business Manager function within the Fin Tx Playbook. The purpose is to sit inside the Infrastructure function and to understand and provide advice in support of the In Year position and provide the co-ordination, ensuring the timely submission for Infrastructure into ABC, SR, SDR and other costing activity. The role will also provide the Coordination of Infra Business Cases Approvals and Affordability input and provide input for the non-financial sections, delivery timelines, and internal assurance packs.

The role will act as the primary interface between the Infrastructure Portfolio Function and the Finance function. It fulfils the Business Manager function within the Fin Tx Playbook. The purpose is to sit inside the Infrastructure function and to understand and provide advice in support of the In Year position and provide the co-ordination, ensuring the timely submission for Infrastructure into ABC, SR, SDR and other costing activity. The role will also provide the Coordination of Infra Business Cases Approvals and Affordability input and provide input for the non-financial sections, delivery timelines, and internal assurance packs.

Person specification

It Is Essential That The Individual Has An Understanding Of The Principles Of Government Finance And In-year Financial Management. They Do Not Need To Be Professionally Qualified But Support Would Be Give Should The Applicant Wish To Pursue This. They Need To Understand The Principles Of Built Infrastructure Delivery And How That Interacts With Financial Performance. They Will

• Provide the lead for Infra Portfolio/ Prog AH as the primary interface and Co-ordination for input and timely submission for the Infra Plan Annual Budget Planning, and In Year Management activity
• Provide the lead for Infra Portfolio / Prog AH in Co-ordinating and attending, as necessary, Working Day and Infrastructure Delivery Forecasting Reviews. Provide understanding and Infra advice in support / management of the In-Year Forecasting (IYM) process.
• Provide the lead for Infra Portfolio / Prog AH in the Coordination of Infra Business Cases Approvals and Affordability input
• Provide the lead for Infra Portfolio / Prog AH is Journal Preparation and Submission
• Provide the lead Infra Portfolio / Prog AH in the monitoring and tracking of Infra Commitment Control and provide coordination with the Infra Finance Business Partner as necessary.
• Provide the lead and primary interface for Contract Amendments, Identifying Transfers in and out of the Infrastructure Plan, Incoming receipts and set up and payments within Finance IM systems
• Provide the lead for UKStratCom Infra for the coordination and management of Letters of Delegation
• Provide the lead for UKStratCom Infra for the coordination and Reporting of Infra Assurance across the Infra Portfolio
  
  

Licences

Driving

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
  
  

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture
  
  

Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Highly competitive pension scheme.
• Flexi-time scheme upon completion of 6 months service or the Line Manager has the ability to adopt flexible working sooner than the 6 month period.
• With Line Manager agreement move to an alternative Working Patterns (there are 9).
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service. If by chance you have previously completed service in the Public Sector in the past 5 years, you may be eligible to request 30 days leave immediately. (Evidence will be required). In addition to annual leave you will be entitled to 8 Public Bank Holidays per year.
• Professional and Personal Development of skills with the opportunity to undergo an Apprenticeship in Human Resources.
• Opportunity to join more than one of our many networks (Race, LGBT+, Gender, Disability and Faith & Belief).
• Minimum of 18 Days Special Paid Leave in a rolling 12-month period for Public Duties commitments (such as a Magistrate).
• Special Paid Leave for community volunteering up to 12 days a year for Special Constables and 6 days a year for other volunteering.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
  
  

Please Note

Interview travel expenses will not be reimbursed for the interview.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

Please be advised that the Department (MOD) is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

This Recruitment Process Will Consist Of Two Parts

• A written application containing your experience (a CV and a Statement of Suitability (Personal Statement)) and 2 Behaviours drawn from the Civil Service Success Profiles (Working Together & Seeing the Bigger Picture).
• If your written application is successful, you will be invited to a face-to-face and or virtual via MS Teams interview where you will be tested against 4 Behaviours (the 2 from your application, plus 2 more at interview) (Working Together, Seeing the Bigger Picture, Communicating and Influencing & Making Effective Decisions).
  
  

Technical skills – Understanding the Principles of Government Finance, Financial Planning, and In Year Management.

• If a large number of applications are received, they will be assessed initially against the lead Behaviour (Working Together) and your CV and Statement of Suitability (Personal Statement). You will then be assessed against the other criteria if you have met the minimum scores.
• Behaviours are assessed individually with a 250-word statement. The application form will indicate which behaviour is being assessed. We are looking for evidence using the Situation, Task, Action, Result (STAR) methodology.
• It is highly recommended you focus by providing one example for each behaviour. We would also advise you to use examples that best meet the criteria, even if they are a few years old, using the STAR methodology.
  
  

Situation: Briefly describe the background of the situation in which you found yourself.

Task: What you were required to do/chose to do.

Action: What actions you undertook to achieve the tasks. Make sure to use “I”, not “we” to explain how your actions led to results.

Result: Use facts and evidence to demonstrate the results that your actions produced. Explain whether it was a successful outcome, and if not, what you learned from the experience.

• Please make sure you have consulted the HM Government ‘Success Profiles - Civil Service Behaviours’ document (available on Gov.uk) to ensure you have understood the relevant Behaviours at Level SEO for the appropriate grade.
• Your experience will be assessed individually through your CV and a 250 word Statement of Suitability (Personal Statement).
  
  

Please Note

Sift & Interview: Provide some expectation of a timeline:

Sift to take place within 2 weeks of Advert closing.

Interviews likely to take place within 2 weeks of Sift.

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this). If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: [e-mail].

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : Stephen Uncles
• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Recruitment team

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Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: [e-mail].